brekker

A student eats brekker in the school dining hall.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Breakfast (slang): "brekker" is an informal, colloquial term for breakfast, particularly used in British English and Australian English. It is a shortened, casual form of the word "breakfast."

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • I'm starving; let's grab some brekker before the meeting. (Breakfast as a meal.)
  • What's for brekker today? (A casual inquiry about the morning meal.)

Advanced Usage

• "to have brekker": to eat breakfast.

  • We usually have brekker around eight in the morning. (To consume the morning meal.)

• "brekker time": the time when breakfast is typically eaten.

  • It's nearly brekker time, so let's wrap up this work. (The scheduled period for breakfast.)

Variants and Related Words

• Breakfast (n): the standard term for the first meal of the day.

  • She ate a full English breakfast. (The formal term for a morning meal.)

• Brekkie (n): an alternative spelling or variant of "brekker," especially common in Australian English.

  • He cooked a big brekkie for the family. (A casual term for breakfast.)

Synonyms

• Breakfast: the standard, non-slang term.
• Morning meal: a descriptive phrase for the first meal of the day.

Related Idioms

• "to have a working brekker": to eat breakfast while discussing business or work matters.

  • They scheduled a working brekker to finalise the contract. (A business meeting over breakfast.)

• "brekker in bed": to have breakfast served in bed, often as a treat or luxury.

  • She surprised him with brekker in bed on his birthday. (Breakfast eaten while still in bed.)